Rumi

13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic Real name: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī), or جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī) Also known as: مولانا‎‎ (Mawlānā), Mevlânâ; مولوی (Mawlawī), Mevlevi Born: 1207 in Wakhsh or Balkh, Khwarezmian Empire, Greater Iran Died: 17 December 1273 in Konya, Sultanate of Rum [now Turkey]